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kimbutgar

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17. My sister used to say Elvis was a bigot

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Mon Jul 19, 2021, 08:05 PM

Jul 2021

When we were in Memphis I wanted to go to Graceland and talked her into it. Once there we met an elderly African American man who was one of the docents. He knew Elvis and spoke highly of him and then he showed us the car that Elvis brought him and told us how he used to go down to a Beale street incognito and Elvis would sing the blues in the black clubs. At the time they were segregated then but Elvis said he liked the black clubs better!

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Was Elvis Presley a racist? [View all] Tomconroy Jul 2021 OP

Elvis was a southerner and it was the '50s. So probably yes, at least then. Ocelot II Jul 2021 #1

By today's standards? Yeah prodigitalson Dec 2021 #27

Interesting, thanks for the research. Merlot Jul 2021 #2

It's worth watching. Tomconroy Jul 2021 #3

Nice. The words did indeed sound like it was inspired from MLK's speech Merlot Jul 2021 #8

This was 70 years ago. He has been dead most if that time. Srkdqltr Jul 2021 #4

Quincy Jones quote about Elvis being a racist Tomconroy Jul 2021 #5

I think Quincy Jones has a book out and is trying to sell it (just a theory) MisterNiceKitty Jul 2021 #12

In the interview he also claimed Tomconroy Jul 2021 #13

Wait Quincy Jones claimed to speak 26 languages? MisterNiceKitty Jul 2021 #15

I've always felt racism is a curve, not multigraincracker Jul 2021 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author multigraincracker Jul 2021 #7

Hmm... Mike Nelson Jul 2021 #9

+1 Dan Jul 2021 #16

Op this is an interesting topic, but why is the word "tumor" appearing in your post instead of rumor MisterNiceKitty Jul 2021 #10

Those letter buttons on the phone are really tiny! Tomconroy Jul 2021 #11

While I will give Quincy Jones his opinion Lithos Jul 2021 #14

Well... Mike Nelson Jul 2021 #18

Jackie Wilson was quoted as saying Tomconroy Jul 2021 #21

Little Richard . . . . AverageOldGuy Jul 2021 #22

My sister used to say Elvis was a bigot kimbutgar Jul 2021 #17

That's good enough for me FakeNoose Jul 2021 #20

White folks . . . AverageOldGuy Jul 2021 #24

If Elvis were alive, do you know what he'd be doing today? Probatim Jul 2021 #19

Remembering his song "In the Ghetto" ALBliberal Jul 2021 #23

Is this a song a racist sings? flotsam2 Jul 2021 #25

I thought I'd do a little follow up since I still Tomconroy Jul 2021 #26